FRANCHISE NOTES

July 17, 1998

The Lightning moved up the start of their home games
next season to 7:05pm ET (ST. PETE TIMES, 7/17)....Atlanta
business execs David Berkman, Bruce Berge and Charles Felix
have signed a letter of intent to purchase the ECHL
Jacksonville Lizard Kings. Reports say the price was close
to the ECHL's expansion fee of $1.5M (FL TIMES-UNION, 7/17).